"Bai, tell me, what on earth is Xiaofeng thinking, and why has he been against me recently?" Zhang Xuetao said helplessly to Bai beside him.
"How do I know? Maybe it's the rebellious stage?" Bai rolled his eyes and complained.
Zhang Xuetao wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Zhang Xuetao shouted.
The door creaked, and the person who usually managed the paperwork walked in. As soon as he walked into the room, he handed the thing in his hand to Zhang Xuetao and said: "Come on, this is from the mail ninja. If nothing happens,
I'll go take care of other things."
Now there is a mail ninja who can deliver letters, that is, Endo Shantasu. After Zhang Xuetao heard that the mail ninja came to deliver letters, Zhang Xuetao looked happy. This is something related to the rapid development of the Ninja Village, especially if this thing is okay
Makes people live longer.
Zhang Xuetao opened the envelope and saw that the location written on the envelope was the Kingdom of Valley.
"The Kingdom of Valley?" Zhang Xuetao hurriedly came to the map to find the location of the Kingdom of Valley.
"What happened to the Kingdom of Valley? What on earth did you send them to do? They followed a caravan all the way to the Kingdom of Valley." Bai asked.
Zhang Xuetao looked at the Kingdom of Valley between the Kingdom of Fire and the Kingdom of Sand, stretched out his finger and clicked on the map and said: "I met this caravan in the Kingdom of Long, and asked him to track the location of this caravan.
.I really didn’t expect them to go this far.”
"Both of them have written to you, do you want to take a trip?" Bai raised his head and looked at Zhang Xuetao and asked.
"That's right, not only do I have to go there, you also have to go with me, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to defeat them." Zhang Xuetao said with a chuckle,
"It seems that this mission is no small matter!" Bai said with a solemn expression.
"Qianye Qing, Bai and I have left the Kingdom of the Sea for a while, and the security tasks of the Kingdom of the Sea will be handed over to you. If you have any questions, please discuss with several other ministers. In addition, what is inside this space scroll is a pair of chakra armor.
Wearing it will at least elevate you to the level of a special Jonin. Pay attention to safety and let's go." Zhang Xuetao ordered Qianye Qing.
Zhang Xuetao and Bai took the boat and headed directly along the coast to the Kingdom of the Valley.
The reason why the word "Valley" is used in the name of the Country of Valley is because this country has many valleys and countless steep mountains. This kind of terrain accounts for 90% of the country of Valley.
Therefore, the agriculture of this country is not developed, and the entire country is basically still a poor country. Therefore, the Fire Country and the Sand Country did not occupy this country. Instead, they used this country as a buffer zone. Every time something happened in Konoha Village and Sand Ninja Village
During the war, 90% of the fighting takes place in this country. Only when one side has a major advantage will it invade the territory of another country.
Zhang Xuetao read the books about the Kingdom of Valley and carefully observed the customs and customs in them, but he did not find any information about the ore.
"Now can you tell me what the mission is?" Bai asked while grinding Senbon with sandpaper.
Zhang Xuetao put down the book in his hand, looked at Bai and explained: "It is a kind of ore. This ore has special power. This power is not inferior to Chakra. It also has properties that Chakra does not have. That is, it can
Increase the life of the user.”
"Is it true that it increases lifespan?" Bai asked in surprise.
"It's true. In my memory, there was a ferret who wore this mineral. The lifespan of a ferret is only seven to ten years. The lifespan of a ferret wearing this mineral is longer than that of an old man who is at least fifty or sixty years old.
, how many times do you think this needs to be increased?" Zhang Xuetao explained.
Bai asked doubtfully: "The ferret you mentioned is in that caravan?"
Zhang Xuetao nodded and said: "That's right, when Endo Shantai and I came back from Taki Country, we happened to see this ferret, which reminded me of this matter."
"It seems that this is your ability again." Bai said to Zhang Xuetao with a smile.
Zhang Xuetao and Bai set foot on the coast of Valley Country, and started to move forward based on the town information route in the letter sent by Endo Shantai.
The mountains rise from the ground and are endless, and the roads are rugged. Sometimes you can walk in the valley, but sometimes you need to walk on the wooden bridge built between the two mountains.
Zhang Xuetao stood on the wooden bridge, holding his hands on the rope, looking at the mountains in the distance and the clouds and mist floating under his feet. He really felt like he was in a fairyland. Some of the depressed emotions in his heart were defeated by this refreshing feeling.
, and then dispersed.
After several days of journey, I finally arrived at the small village on the top of the mountain. Looking at the directions in the letter, I knew that this was the final location.
After walking across the pontoon bridge, Zhang Xuetao suddenly stopped. Looking at the code on the wooden stakes hanging on the pontoon bridge, he knew it was left by Shantasu Endo.
Zhang Xuetao and Bai followed the code's guidance and finally found Endo Shantai and Uzumaki Koso.
"Lead, Sister Bai is also here." Endo Shantasu said happily.
"Okay, okay, this is really a shame. Let's call him big brother from now on!" Zhang Xuetao rubbed Endo Shantaisan's head and said.
"Hey! By the way, brother, I've been sending ninjas by mail for a long time. Why did you just come here?" Endo Shantasu asked.
Zhang Xuetao smiled and explained to Endo Shantai: "Oh, this! The letter you sent was sent to the Kingdom of Waves, but at that time I was already in the Kingdom of the Sea. I have already established a Ninja Village in the Kingdom of the Sea. Now
You two should be the only ones who don’t know.”
"We have established a Ninja Village, and the relationship is great! Brother, what kind of official title did you give me?" Endo Shantasu asked with a smile.
"Haha~ Everyone else has been banned, but you are the only one who has not been banned. Are you angry? Hahaha~" Zhang Xuetao said with a smile.
"Okay, okay, don't tease him anymore!" After Bai said to Zhang Xuetao, he continued to say to Endo Shantai: "Your eldest brother! He is just a hands-off shopkeeper, and he made a deputy village chief.
I will give you a position that is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people!"
"Ah~ This, I can't do this well! Besides, I'm still young and can't convince the public!" Endo Shantais waved his hands and said.
"Okay, you can do it if you are told. What are you afraid of? By the way, I asked you to follow them, and you were not discovered by them, right? What other information did you get?" Zhang Xuetao asked.
After Shantai Endo heard Zhang Xuetao's question, he immediately reported seriously: "Brother, after you asked me to find out the information about the ferret and the caravan, the two of us often found out about them. Especially sometimes we used to change
Shenju has had close contact with their caravan."
"It is true that as my brother said, the ferret has an extremely long lifespan. I heard it is hundreds of years old. I don't know if it is true or a rumor. In addition, there is a rumor that this caravan is a descendant of an empire from long ago."
"Then you checked why they were in the Country of Taki, but why did they appear in the Country of Valley?" Zhang Xuetao asked this question anxiously because he wanted to confirm whether the ore was in the Country of Valley.
Endo Shantai explained again: "They are caravans wandering between countries. They have no fixed residence, so they are called wandering people. They travel around with the changes of the seasons. But they are somewhat different in the Valley Country.
A fixed village is used to rest. And you will stay in this village for a long time throughout the year."
"In addition, there is an elder He Yan in this caravan. The ferret is the closest to him, and he is also a very important figure in the caravan."
Zhang Xuetao looked at the village in the distance, looked at the laughing people in the village, and thought carefully.
Suddenly Zhang Xuetao asked again: "Besides you following them, are there other people secretly following them recently?"
Endo Shantai said: "No, we have been following for so long. Only a few bandits wanted to attack them, but this caravan also had guards and they were repelled. Apart from that, no other bandits were found.
People are following this caravan. At least, Xiang Phosphorus’s senses didn’t detect it.”
Zhang Xuetao frowned when he heard this, because in his memory, the villain in the movie version had indeed captured the caravan and threatened the old man to find the mineral vein.
I'm thinking carefully~ The big villain's threat to this old man should be in the middle and late stages of the plot, and at the beginning of the plot, this old man once took in the royal family member who was a descendant of the empire who was deceived by the big villain.
So could it be that it was this member of the royal family who revealed the information about the caravan to the villain. It took too long and I didn’t pay attention when I read it. Most of them couldn’t remember it clearly. This may be the development.
Zhang Xuetao's frown relaxed and he said: "I believe in Xiang Phosphorus's perception ability. It seems that no one else pays much attention to this caravan, so they will not show any concern for our next actions.
What's the accident?"
"Since Bai and I have arrived, there is no need to waste time. There is no use cooperating with them. It seems that we still need to use kidnapping threats. We will arrest them all tonight. Now have a good rest.
!”
Night fell, and the bright moonlight illuminated the earth. Although the moon was not dark and the wind was high, it was more than enough for the ninja's ability to invade this poorly defended caravan.
Especially when they returned to the village, their vigilance dropped even more.
In order to avoid exposing their identities, Zhang Xuetao and his party all wore ninja night clothes and hid their appearance tightly under their masks.
A dark cloud passed by in the sky and blocked the light of the moon. Zhang Xuetao and the other four took advantage of this opportunity to quickly attack the caravan.
First, he quickly knocked out a few patrolling guards, and then began to attack the sleeping people in the tent.
All the men, women, and children in the caravan were all drugged, and it went surprisingly smoothly.
I thought it would go on smoothly, but unexpectedly, this smooth situation was broken by a howling sound. The source of this howling sound was none other than the ferret.
Its cry also quickly awakened those who were not stunned by the anesthetic.
The people in the caravan traveled all year round and often encountered attacks at night. After hearing the cry of the ferret, they quickly took out their weapons and rushed out of the tent to fight with Zhang Xuetao and his group.
Although their number was several times greater than Zhang Xuetao's group, as ordinary people, they began to fall frequently at a disadvantage when facing powerful ninjas. The battle lasted for ten minutes, and Zhang Xuetao tied them all up.
Being able to capture them has a direct relationship with the 2/3 stunned people. If it weren't for their ineffectiveness, this battle would not have been won so easily.
"Who are you? Judging from your skills, you should also be ninjas. Why are you attacking our caravan? Our caravan is all about peace, so we shouldn't have offended anyone! Who hired you?"
An old man among the kidnapped people began to ask questions.
and
At this time, Endo Shantai came close to Zhang Xuetao's ear and said, "He is the elder He Yan I mentioned."
Zhang Xuetao looked at the old man and said to him: "Your name is He Yan?"
"That's right, it's the old man." He Yan was slightly right, Zhang Xuetao nodded and answered.
Wuwu~ The ferret's screams kept ringing. Bai grabbed the ferret's neck and called Zhang Xuetao from a distance, and gave the first ferret in his hand to Zhang Xuetao.
After Zhang Xuetao took it, he looked at the ferret carefully along the light.
But the ferret struggled violently at this time, yelling at Zhang Xuetao, and bucking.
Zhang Xuetao ignored the ferret's reaction, but looked at the diamond-shaped mark on the ferret's head, and stretched out his thumb to stand on the diamond-shaped mark and stroke it.
Zhang Xuetao's action made He Yan's eyes suddenly widen, and then he hurriedly lowered his head as if he was afraid of being discovered by his reaction, and his eyes swayed back and forth.
He Yan's reaction had already been noticed by the corner of Zhang Xuetao's eyes. The corners of his mouth suddenly raised, and he said to He Yan: "I didn't come to you because I was hired by others. Come with me! I want to
Let’s talk to you alone.”
"Haha~haha~there's nothing to talk about! If you are short of money, we will help you get it. What do you think?" He Yan said with a haha.
"Hmph~ I admit that I am not a good person. I think you should come over to me as soon as possible to talk about this matter. I believe you should also know what I want to talk to you about. Don't delay the time with me. Otherwise
If it lasts a minute, there will be one less person in this group of you." Zhang Xuetao said to He Yan in a serious tone.
Zhang Xuetao's words immediately made He Yan nervous. He hesitated and wanted to say something to persuade him. But seeing Zhang Xuetao walking away, he finally closed his mouth.
He looked at the crowd around him and began to feel anxious in his heart. Should he strictly abide by the rules handed down by the Lord, or should he protect his current family.
One minute is not enough for his thinking, but it is impossible for Zhang Xuetao to let him think for a while because he does not have enough time.
As soon as the time was up, Endo Shantai walked up to one of the girls, grabbed her, dragged her out, and said at the same time: "He Yan, this is your granddaughter, right? Do you want her to be the first?"
"
"Ah~ no, no, don't do it, I beg you, don't do it, I'm going to discuss it with your leader." He Yan stopped him without thinking or making a choice.
At the same time, he wanted to stand up in a panic. With his hands tied behind him, he managed to stand up several times and hurriedly ran towards Zhang Xuetao.
Zhang Xuetao glanced at He Yan who was trotting over, and while playing with the ferret in his hand, he said to him: "Tell me! What's the name of that ore? Where is that mine?"
"This~I~I really don't know what the ore mine is like!" He Yan said.
"Alas~" Zhang Xuetao sighed deeply when he heard what He Yan said. He glanced at He Yan again, tapped the diamond-shaped mark on the ferret's head with his hand and said, "Do you want me to
I show you the ore in this ferret's head, and you really want me to kill all of your tribe in one minute before you tell the truth."
"This, this really cannot be said! If you say it, it will cause disaster. Our former empire perished because of this ore!" He Yan explained to Zhang Xuetao as if he was about to burst into tears.
"Haha~ cause a disaster? If I get these ores, I don't know when I will get a disaster. But I know that if you don't tell me, you will have a disaster today, now." Zhang Xuetao threatened again.
"Okay! I'll tell you." Under Zhang Xuetao's frequent threats, He Yan finally chose the latter due to the rules passed down in the clan and the safety of his own clan members.
He Yan began to say: "That ore is called Grayel's Stone. No one knows how that stone was produced. It's just that this incredible mineral vein was discovered at that time. Our main line refined this stone and refined it into crystals.
We call this substance Grayel. We have built a vast empire based on the Stone of Grayel. We have created wells that never dry up. We have bred livestock that can grow up overnight. We have cultivated fruit trees that continue to bear fruit. We even have prevention.
The study of aging.”
"It was only later that ugly humans began to fight and hate each other. They began to use the Gray Stone to launch wars, and the huge empire fell apart in this war. Our main line decided to permanently seal this ore for generations to come.
I will protect you from being discovered by others. ”
The next day, at dawn, Zhang Xuetao asked He Yan to take him to the vein where the Greer Stone was sealed.
The journey led by He Yan began to become more and more remote and desolate, and in the end there was almost no vegetation. After Zhang Xuetao looked at this situation, he asked aloud: "Isn't the Grayer Stone pregnant with a lot of life energy?
Why is this place so desolate?"
He Yan sighed and said: "I heard that this place was not desolate originally. It is our family that has tried to make this place so desolate for generations. It is to keep people away from here and avoid others discovering it.
This is the situation.”
"Okay, after climbing over this mountain, you can see a substantial building. This building has a passage that can be accessed underneath."
When several people climbed to the top of the mountain, He Yan shouted loudly: "How is it possible? Where has this building gone? This building was built on the mountain, but why is there no such mountain now?"
Chapter completed!